Using the arts to create success in schools.

Using the arts to create success in schools.

Part of a national public-private partnership that leverages the arts to help turn around the nation’s lowest performing schools, Turnaround Arts: California is one of 14 localities from across the nation selected by the Kennedy Center and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, and several private foundations.

SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS

Together with national and local partners, Turnaround Arts: California uses arts education as a tool to help turn around the most challenged elementary and middle schools in the state. Initiated with financial support from Berta and Frank Gehry and the California Arts Council, Turnaround Arts: California is also supported by The Eisner Foundation, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Rosenthal Family Foundation, Elizabeth Segerstrom, Jane Fonda, Facebook, the Wonderful company, and Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg. Partners include Alameda County Office of Education, Integrated Learning Department, P.S. ARTS, Sunset Center, Get Lit – Words Ignite, The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live, Orange County Department of Education, AOL, and Collaborations: Teachers and Artists.

WHERE WE WORK

Turnaround Arts: California helps connect partner schools with regional arts networks, including community arts organizations, teaching artists, arts and cultural institutions, performance venues, professional learning experts, and higher education professionals in order to build community support systems that lead to sustainable change.

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Turnaround Arts: California is part of a national public-private partnership that leverages the arts to help turn around the nation's lowest performing schools. Turnaround Arts: California is one of ten localities from across the nation selected by the President's Committee on the arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, and several private foundations.
There are currently 50 Turnaround Arts schools across the country. The California cohort includes ten schools spread throughout the state, in urban and rural communities.

#Shoutout to our Arts Leadership Teams across the state for an amazing round of fall kick-off trainings! We are inspired by your commitment to building creative, collaborative school communities, and we can't wait to see what the rest of the year has in store. A special thank you to Sunset Center, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, and MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for hosting our regional convenings. #TAcalifornia

Our students have a message that needs to be heard. People all over the world, join hands...
Shout out to Barton Elementary for this amazing choreography, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Compton for hosting, and Turnaround Artist John Cruz for the musical support!
Love Train First Stop: Southern California
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World-renowned architect and Turnaround Arts: California co-founder, Frank Gehry and R&B singer Ledisi joined me for an Architects of Change conversation about Frank's program and the importance of arts in education. Happy Arts Education Week!